skinnymixer’s LCHF French Mussels

Welcome to the first recipe of 2016, and happy new year!I am not super keen on eating seafood, as many of you know… but I am slowly coming around to the idea of it thanks to a gorgeous friend of mine who introduced me to how yummy salmon can be (I actually ate this and loved it!). It might seem strange that I would choose to cook a mussel recipe for my first recipe of 2016, but the biggest part of why I love doing what I do is that I get to feed the people I love – and my Dad and Michael loooove seafood. This is a low carb/high fat style recipe, but I have provided some hints in the notes on how to make it a lower calorie dish, as well as seafood free. I hope you all love the French mussels and I cant wait to see pics! Love Nik xx

If you prefer a lower calorie dish, you can easily halve the amount of butter and crème fraîche if you prefer.

If you dont like seafood, you can easily just make this soup without the mussel step - its delicious on its own! You could also use prawns, white fish or poach chicken in the broth during step 4.

Bellini Users

Use your blunt blade for this recipe.

At step 2 add on chopping time if required.At step 4 if using an Intelli, you'll need to use ST temp and if using a Supercook, use 120°C or 250°F.At step 5 if using an Intelli, pop a tea towel over the steamer, use ST temp, speed 3 and cook for longer if required. If using a Supercook, use 120°C or 250°F and speed 3.

Comments

I just made this tonight it was yummy. Just wandering is the sauce supposed to be really runny? The only changes i made was liquid chicken stock and steamed fish, scallops and prawns instead of muscles.

I cooked this today, first time ever cooking muscles, I’d maybe be a bit lighter with the stock next time, but it was a easy, very tasty meal. Worth a try if you like seafood, my kids 5, 3 & 2 loved it, husband won’t eat anything that looks creamy so I did his in chili & tomatoe mix Thank you for the recipe

Thanks for this amazingly easy and delicious recipe. I always bought the canned mussels, (yes I know, EEEEEW, all that oil!!) just because I was never confidant enough to make mussels myself, but NEVER again!! Hubby had seconds and already requested it for tomorrow. Definitely a winner in my house.

A music festival for the tastebuds, so delicious. For mussels that don’t quite open wide put these at the bottom of your dish and cover with broth, by the time you get to them they will of opened. Would be equally delicious with scallops, prawns etc.

Made this tonight using prawns instead of mussels and used veg stock (it’s all I had) both hubby and I loved it we devoured the whole lot between us def will be making again Thanx Nic for a wonderful dish

I made this tonight in my Kenwood kCook and added prawns and fish as well as the mussels. The family really enjoyed it. Lots of flavour. We served ours with brown rice. Kids aged 2 and 8 smashed it! Thanks Nik.

This is delicious – made it exactly as instructed – had with homemade crusty bread – amazing – everyone was mopping the broth up – loved it – next time might add in prawns & scallops or even crayfish !! Thank you Nik xx

Oh oui oui! I can’t wait for your Little taste of France! I made the prawns tonight! I have never eaten so many prawns in my life! My big adult boys and my husband polished the rest off. I think with the prawns it needed more salt in the sauce. I am wondering about trying with half stock, half white wine? What do you think Nik? How do we post photos here? Or is it just on the FB page? Thank you again 🙂